Which Nobel laureate was born in Azerbaijan?

Lev Landau, born in Baku in 1908, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1962 for his theories of condensed matter, especially superfluid liquid helium.

Who invented fuzzy logic?

Lotfi Zadeh, born in Baku, founded fuzzy logic and fuzzy set theory in the 1960s. He is among the most-cited scientists in the world and is buried in Baku's Alley of Honor.

Who are Azerbaijan's most famous scientists?

Alongside Nobel physicist Lev Landau and fuzzy-logic founder Lotfi Zadeh, Baku-born Kerim Kerimov was a central architect of the Soviet space programme, and Yusif Mammadaliyev founded Azerbaijan's petrochemical science.

Famous people · Azerbaijan

Famous People of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan's roll call runs from Baku-born Nobel physicist Lev Landau and Lotfi Zadeh, the father of fuzzy logic, to a 19th-century Enlightenment polymath and a new generation of designers. Switch century to explore, then plan a trip to the places behind the names.

Design & fashion

Leyla Babayeva

b. 2000

Azerbaijani fashion designer working internationally — a capsule collection for Tod's and selected for the Women@Dior & UNESCO mentorship — rooted in Azerbaijani craft traditions.

See where they came from

From the Eliava Institute to Baku's Alley of Honor — we can weave the places behind these names into your trip.

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Famous people of Azerbaijan, answered

Which Nobel laureate was born in Azerbaijan?: Lev Landau, born in Baku in 1908, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1962 for his theories of condensed matter, especially superfluid liquid helium.
Who invented fuzzy logic?: Lotfi Zadeh, born in Baku, founded fuzzy logic and fuzzy set theory in the 1960s. He is among the most-cited scientists in the world and is buried in Baku's Alley of Honor.
Who are Azerbaijan's most famous scientists?: Alongside Nobel physicist Lev Landau and fuzzy-logic founder Lotfi Zadeh, Baku-born Kerim Kerimov was a central architect of the Soviet space programme, and Yusif Mammadaliyev founded Azerbaijan's petrochemical science.